To Legalize or Not to Legalize Marijuana There is a lot of controversy about legalizing marijuana. There are two sides of the story just like with everything else. Some people are all for making it legal. Then there are others that are totally against it. There are many aspects to look at when looking at the issue. There are going to be positives and negatives in both aspects of the issue. There are many states that have legalized marijuana for medical use. There is also the economy that
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John Strazza Nadav Lipkin English Composition I 4/20/11 “Legalize It” Marijuana should be legalized by the American government‚ not just for medical use‚ but for every use that it has to offer. The pros of marijuana far outweigh any cons. It can be utilized in health care for those who are in need‚ save the country billions of dollars that currently is being spent on fighting against it‚ give the economy a large boost with all the possible gains in revenue‚ and make a positive impact on the
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Legalize It! Many feel today we are losing the war on drugs. When a battle goes to the point where there is no winner there needs to be a re-evaluation of how to solve the problem. In the case of the war against drugs‚ years of fighting have caused increased crime‚ overcrowding of prisons and the wasted use of money and resources with no results. It is now time to look at alternative methods to solving the nation ’s drug problem. I will be looking at one of these methods that deals with the
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Eng-50 July.19.2014 Legalize it Would keeping drugs illegal and following the same failed drug polices that our government implemented decades ago help solve our problems? Did Prohibition end the use of alcohol among American’s in the 1920s? No‚ in fact it made things much worse for America by the rise in illegal‚ wide-scale distribution of alcohol‚ creating bigger problems like organized crime and the American mafia. In todays society we have a prohibition of drugs‚ which
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things about it. POTS was Named and identified by Schondorf and Low in 1993. But the symptoms for this disease have been recorded as early as 1940. At first it was just thought to be migraines and they didn’t look into it much after that because there was no reason to if it was just migraines. This disease is most likely to be found in a woman instead of a man. There is a 5 to 1 ratio that I find incredible. No one really knows why it is this way it just is. The cause of POTS is unknown at this
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Legalize It In 2000‚ George Bierson’s "Marijuana‚ the Deceptive Drug"‚ was published by the Massachusetts News. Bierson concludes that marijuana is harmful in many ways‚ including brain damage‚ damage to the reproductive system‚ and weakening of the immune system. He also attempts to convince the reader that marijuana is a "gateway drug" that leads the users to venture into much harder drugs. I believe that research to support anything can be found if one is looking hard enough‚ but that
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Legalize Marijuana Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility SOC 120 December 17‚ 2012 Legalize Marijuana There are many opponents to the idea of legalizing marijuana though states such as California‚ Arizona and many other states have legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes (Barnes‚ 2000). So if marijuana has medicinal attributes then how does it also fit the unsafe category? So it is a drug that is medicinal but also harmful‚ is this not the case with almost every approved pharmaceutical
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References: Baye‚ M. (2014). Managerial Economics. McGraw-Hill Irwin Moffatt‚ M. (2014). Should Governments Legalize and Tax Marijuana? Examining a Recent Study on Legalization. http://economics.about.com/od/incometaxestaxcuts/a/marijuana.htm Panne‚V. (2014). The Weed Shortage. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/11/high-time-to-head-to-colorado-native-pot-smokers-warn-of-shortages.html Poltonowicz‚ J. (2014). Marijuana Legalization May Spur America’s Next Great Industry.
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Shedletha Jones ENG 101 Z. Showers Feb. 13 2013 Yes for Gambling Jackpot! is heard throughout the game room floor. It is followed by wails and screams of excited people all hoping to be the next winner. Do they know that their playing is beneficial to their state and lives of others? For example‚ Mississippi’s roads are a whole lot smoother than Alabama’s because some of the money received from the gambling casinos made it possible. As for the states that declare gambling illegal‚ they
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Cannabis- Legalize It! The legalization and decriminalization of cannabis/ marijuana would be beneficial to economic growth in the United States. There are many reasons to support this. First‚ the decriminalization of marijuana would save time and money spent on prosecuting suspects accused of possession and/or use of marijuana. This time and money could be better spent on other things like the school systems‚ road ways‚ and police departments. As a result this will also open up room in the jails
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